Daily Reflection

Today's Reflection: October 3

Drinking water

“What is the vitality and necessity of clean water?

Ask the man who is ill, who is lifting his lips to the cup.

Ask the faucet.”

 

– Mary Oliver, Poet

October 2
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. Charles Morgan
October 1
Look deeply into your life. Search out the hidden things within your circumstances. The beauty is there. Comfort and forgiveness are available. Hope is always waiting for you to find.…
September 30
If you see good in people, you radiate a harmonious loving energy which uplifts those who are around you. If you can maintain this habit, this energy will turn into…
September 29
All my life has been a relearning to pray-- a letting go of incantational magic, petition, and vain repetition "Me, Lord, me," instead of watching attentively for the light that…
September 28
God is dynamically present in every breath and heartbeat.  In each breath we draw, the Spirit gives life.  Learning to reclaim the deep, nourishing breaths of infancy is part of…
September 27
Life is what happens as God breathes in and out.   from The Miracle by Michael Gurion
September 26
I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God, who loves us and who wants…
September 24
It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.   Muhammad Ali
September 23
And love will simply have no choice but to go into battle with space and time, and furthermore, to win. James Baldwin
September 22
Therefore once for all this short command is given to you: "Love and do what you will." If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by…
September 21
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness, the second is frugality; The third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before…
September 20
Where you stumble, there your treasure lies. Joseph Campbell
September 19
If you visit the Holy Land you will discover that shrines and churches are often built upon the ruins of ancient hallowed places.   So, too, the holy land of…
September 18
I will be truthful. I will suffer no injustice. I will be free from fear. I will not use force. I will be of good will to all. Mahatma Gandhi